Rentaghost : Three "spooks" live in a house and cause havoc for their next door neighbours Harold and Ethel Meaker. The people the other side of the Meakers thought they were mad and much hilarity ensues. The original three ghosts were all blokes but two left to leave Timothy Claypole (annoying laugh) to team up with Nadia Popov (played by Gail Tinsley's mum) and a witch. Nadia would disappear whenever she sneezed and arrive somewhere out of the blue. There was also the teleporting pantomime donkey.
Trumpton  : Home of the fireman (Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb - but you knew that) who only ever put out one fire ("a real fire!"), a mayor, the woman with lots of dogs and a flower shop.  Brian Cant, the worlds greatest, provided voices and sang the songs.
Bagpuss:   Voted as the best BBC Kids programme of all time. Starred Gabriel the banjo wielding Toad, Madeleine the rag-doll, a woodpecker called Professor Yaffle who was a talking book-end and lots of mice who lived in the marvellous, mechanical, mouse-organ.  The mice were hell-bent on heaving everything. Strange how the bigger characters never moved anything!
Each episode started with Emily, the very young shop owner, bringing a new item for Bagpuss to look at.
Bod : The excellent Bod stuck rigidly to the "repeat and learn" ethic of the time.  Keep going over stuff and the kids will learn whilst having fun.
John Le Mesurier would describe the arrival of all the characters one after the other (remember PC Copper's courtesy in an "evening' all" manner whenever he appeared).
One of the best bits was the animal orchestra (voiced by Maggie Henderson). The frog conductor, Alberto would always have a milkshake after the performance. Each animal in the band would have a guess before the decision was made. "I think I'll have...chocolate."
Camberwick Green :  Camberwick green was the posh bit of Trumptonshire, Windy miller and all that lot. There was also Pippin Fort which was home to Captain Snort, Sergeant Major Grout, Private Armitage, Private  Higgins, Private Hopwood, Private Lumley  Private Featherby,  and Private Meek.
Other residents were Mr. Carraway (The Fishmonger), Dr Mopp, Mickey Murphy (The Baker), PC McGarry (number 452) and Mr. Daggenham (the rich businessman who owned a sports car).
The programme always started with a spinning top type thing that had the main character of the day, today we feature Miller.
Dangermouse : Colonel K would give Danger Mouse and Penfold (now confirmed as being a mole), who said "Ooh Crickey" a lot, a mission against the evil Barren Greenback (asthmatic frog, no relation to Gabriel the frog in Bagpuss OR Alberto, the conductor in Bod) and his henchman, a Mexican crow, Stiletto ("See Baroni") and a ball of fluff called Nero. DM lived in a pillar box and had a cool yellow car that could turn into a plane. The programmes catchy title included a large number of cannon ball type bombs making the title music very dramatic.   Voices provided by Terry Scott (June!) and David Jason.
Wacky Races : One of my favorite programmes as a kid.  Lots of cartoon characters you knew (and a load you didn't) racing each other.  No trick was too much for Dick Dastardly, Boo Hiss. The competitors were :


Peter Perfect - Turbo Terrific
Rock & Gravel (Slag Brothers) - Bouldermobile
Penelope Pitstop - Compact Pussycat
Ant Hill Mob - Bullet-proof Bomb
Dick Dastardly & Muttley - Mean Machine
Gruesome Twosome - Creepy Coupe
Rufus Ruffcut & Sawtooth - BuzzWagon
Sarge & Private Pinkley - Army Surplus Special
Professor Pat Pending - Convert-A-Car
Red Max - Crimson Hay bailer
Luke & Blubber Bear - Arkansas Chug-A-Bug

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